TRANSMISSION #3 //Our First Project…

OUR FIRST PROJECT…

Planet Fiction’s first original property was instrumental on how the company came to be.

DOMAIN. A concept that has been bouncing around in my head for quite some time. Being a big time fan of movies like ALIENS, DOG SOLDIERS and games like GHOST RECON and RAINBOW SIX I had the idea of doing a game where modern day soldiers were pitted against monsters – guns and bombs vs. claws and teeth.

Simple. Cool. Something I want to play.

I tried to get some traction with a couple of the game studios I worked for but no bites (new IP = uphill battle). So I decided to write it myself. But not as a game – as a movie.

The plot for DOMAIN:

A Special Forces team is sent into a war torn Mexico City to secure a WMD. Instead of a weapon they discover the gateway to Hell – and it’s about to be opened.

After finishing the script I (forcibly) gave it to a few friends for feedback. The responses were pretty good but there was always one question – what happens next?

I’d always seen it as a stand-alone. While pondering the idea of a sequel I stumbled across an article about an underground river discovered in South America.

The writer said it was like discovering the River Styx.

BOOM (the sound of my brain exploding). I suddenly began to see where this story could go.

Around this time Chris and I were discussing the lack of true TRANSMEDIA projects out there (a single narrative unfolding through different mediums). This led to the idea (after many a beer) of taking DOMAIN through the steps of READ WATCH PLAY.

This was the kind of thing we wanted to do. Full time. So we did it.

Planet Fiction Studios is our company.

READ WATCH PLAY is our mission.

The original Domain script became the first chapter of six. The second is a graphic novel. The third is a movie (a recon mission down- you guessed it – the River Styx).

The fourth is a video game. The fifth another movie. And the sixth…well, that’s a bigger discussion.

We learned a lot in creating our first ‘transmedia-fied’ universe. We’re looking forward to doing more.

END TRANSMISSION.

-Sean